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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 740 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | QUEEN ELIZABETHS POCKET PISTOL |
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Summary
Queen Elizabeth's Pocket Pistol is a cannon built in 1544 in Utrecht by Jan Tolhuys upon a 19th century gun carriage. The Cannon is in bronze, it measures 24 ft in length and is decorated with engravings of fruit, flowers, grotesques, and figures symbolizing Liberty, Victory and Fame. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3252 4170 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CANNON (Disused, Post Medieval - 1544 AD to 1827 AD)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1827 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1258542: QUEEN ELIZABETHS POCKET PISTOL |
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Full description
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Queen Elizabeth's Pocket Pistol is a cannon built in 1544 in Utrecht by Jan Tolhuys. The Cannon is in bronze, it measures 24 ft in length and is decorated with engravings of fruit, flowers, grotesques, and figures symbolizing Liberty, Victory and Fame. Until the 19th century it occupied a wooden stand near the cliff edge but was moved onto a gun carriage on which it still sits in 1827. This carriage was constructed by the Duke of Wellington in 1821 and has the Royal Arms and shell, dolphin and Tudor rose motifs. The wheels have spokes in the form of fasoes with fleurs de lye inside the rim and lions headi decorating the axles. It is It was embedded in a plinth of paving stone near Cannons Gate but has now been removed for conservation and re-sited and put on display inside The NAFFI building to prevent further deterioration from the salt-laden winds off the Channel. It is a GII Listed feature. (1-3)
J. Bavington Jones, 1907, Dover; A Perambulation of the Town, Port and Fortress. (Monograph). SKE32120.
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: J. Bavington Jones. 1907. Dover; A Perambulation of the Town, Port and Fortress.. |
| <1> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <2> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 5 | Part of: Dover Castle (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 2570 | Part of: The Regimental Institute (NAFFI) at Dover Castle (Listed Building) |
